Showing posts with label Something. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Something. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Monday Minutiae
The song "Something" was originally intended not as a love song for his wife but as a devotional to Lord Krishna. He changed the "he" in the original line "Something in the way he moves" to "she" so that listeners would not be confused and upset.
When writing the song, George was thinking of Ray Charles to sing it. He did end up recording his version of the song in 1971.
There have been at least 150 different versions recorded, (the song "Yesterday" is the only Beatles song with more recorded covers) including one by Frank Sinatra who called it "the greatest love song ever written." James Brown's version was George's favorite.
When writing the song, George was thinking of Ray Charles to sing it. He did end up recording his version of the song in 1971.
There have been at least 150 different versions recorded, (the song "Yesterday" is the only Beatles song with more recorded covers) including one by Frank Sinatra who called it "the greatest love song ever written." James Brown's version was George's favorite.
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